The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-20 00:00:00

~..~,,...,A,, ~,, MAILS. Art r Doblin, 'Waterford. Due•—t Gottenburgh, • Malta Dublin, .1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DA V AT TWELVII O'CLOCK. ta IP gip 411 '6ll THE S'ON. ,- • ()LIM QUIS DICIRS TALSUSI AUDIAT L 0 D 0 N, MONDAY,' MAUCH 20, 1809. It i; with the most sincere pleasure that we this day cornifinniCate to our Readers the details of the successful attacks upon Martinique and Cayenne, When .the last accounts came away, the whole of inique was in possession of his Majesty's forces, with the exception of Fort Bourbon, which is very strimg, and was expeaed to hold out for a few chys ; hut of its uhirriate surrender, no doubt was entert lined. Pigeon Island, which completely com ma's Fort Royal Bay, has surrendered to our forccs, The French settlement at Cayenne has been taken by the united British and Portuguese ; the Ca pitulation is given in a subsequent Column. A Flag of Truce has arrived at Dover, from Boulogne, and two French Officers landed with Dispatchs for !he Transport Board : it is there fore probable that their mission' relates ,merely to no. exchange of Prisoners. We should uot, however, be surprised if BUONA i . PI,atTE were to another insidioni offer to uegotiate„ for the p.irpose of embarrassing and alarming Austria. RESIGNATMN OF Tut. DUKE OF YORK. Royal .Highness the Duke of You waited upon his IVIAJasTv. on Saturday last, and tendered lii ,l / 2 reiq, ,, ation of the office of commander in Chief. Our te:tders will reaolled .that on Wednesday last we announced such to behis Royal Highnes4's in, tontinn,. Having obtained so complete an acquittal of all corrupt motives, from the House of COm nrons, we conceive that this submission to what appeared to be the public sentiment, will raise the cha►ailer of his Royal Highness very high in gene ral Opinion: . That he had 'no participation or con nivanco in the base practices of the 'artful woman and her confederates, even his bitterest opponents have acknowledged, and all people of liberal feel ing,: have now only to regret that he should in the stiOlest degree have fallen under the influence of 0' such an unfortunate connexion. The substance of Royal Highness's Letter to IVIAIIISTY) rind his MAJEsrx's Answer accept - iog the' tender of resignation, will be stated "to the House of Commons this evening by the CNA N C I of the ' Excu EGLI ER, and we understand that a Motion will be made, either by Lord AI:MU/11PB ITBIt EA D, to-night, that in consequence of the Duke's resignation, all further proceedings upon the subject are unnecessary. Sir DAVID DUNDAS hiss nor, as it has been reported, been nominated to eutceed his Royal Highnesss, but we have no doubt that that appointment will take place. It is witlr much concern . w e state, that dispatches front the Baltic, received this day, announce move- , raents in fSweden' which strongly menace,' a fe. vohn kin in that Country. The Province of. Warm : . land has been the chief scene of these revolutionary viva t ires, and Many thous.inds of the people of that, rroy)nce wilre on their march from Carlstod to Stock• fot' the pqrpose of forcing their Monarch to convene a Diet. A Manifesto had been circulated, vevvi'ely rain nitig the' War, the bur - thens On the iy o plf t , z4.,ze. and demanding an entire ehango of fiys tc,.). It i 7 thence probable that French art; have f(,: l od way where French arms have hitherto been FenCti:ate. "I", , stei.‘l3T morning IToi MAJ STY, Princesses Au v.,l fin PA lA, and AM BM j accompanied by Lord - 11 ) .:1 , 1V.t.,r), Lady 41,1311t . 1 COMBERLANI), ald Vazt:l)v„ rode to Stint. Peorge's chapel, ;H; it , -;irel a serniOti preaehi;..d by the Rev.. Mr. Nott - 7 : and afterwards returned to the palace. The Nile Cutter,. w t wo Messengers, him act sail' f)r Lisbon. She carries out institt4iiims for bringing the British and Portuguese Shipping iu the It ,o, o in-& of Portugal, in the . - i:xpeelatiOn of the tflvagion of that country by thieneliv.. The boats of the drahu,ia and Resistance 'have milit cut 'out of St. Sebastian's five French yes- One of them, a Lugger, is arrived at Fat. mouth. i A Ong, of War has been ordered to Liverpool, to tiorn thence, under convoy, to St. Petersburg!), Vessels laden with salt. 'This circuminanee, in d. L ,ree, strengthens the report of the approaching recoil Nation het wee n this Country and Russia, as it eat, not otherwise be supposed Government would sanMion a measure of such important benefit to Au,gia, unless SOITie corresponding benefit was likely to he obtained by it. Navy Board has entered into extensive con irVis fur ship timber, to be brought from Nova Scotia. It is slid, that between five and six hundred ships have sailed, or are about, p proceed, to Ha fax and Canada, for timber af, various - descriptions, ant of which 250 are on account of Governinnit and that one house has engaged to funisii ten mil lion:. of feet of three and four inch plank. ATTACK ON ItfARTINIQUE, r . CFROKIT 9 I,IBARBADOES V IERCUEY or FEB. 7.1 We 414 nke pteasuid in thii'day following op the aecotint &en in ouriatt, of the safe and success ful landing of our forces at Martinique,' by a Mote- particular detail of their proceedings and 'progress; in the redu&ion of that important 4 island, The ac-, counts that we have been put in possession of, al though not idly boasting any official authority, are sufficiently authentic to satisfy us as td their' just claim to our '.confidence; and ; wit this impression on our Minds, we offer our warm and hearty-con gratulations to both services ou,the enterprise, on the rapid progress of success that - has attended their zeal, perseverance, and courage, and look.forward to a speedy termination of their toil and danger; tittt a glorious conquest of the whole Island • The Expedition arrived off Martinique on Sunday the 29th January, but the land when first made was supposed to be St. Lucia, and the fleet was near the Carval Rock, off the ndrth point of the Island, before the Mistaktlwas discovered, a very strong current haVing swept- them far to windward, which com pelled them to haul off for that niglit.' On the mor ning of the 30th, the signal being given to make sail, they separated, in two divisions, the . Aosta hoisting a broad pendant, and leading that with the division of the army.under the.Conimander in Chief and Sir Groaaoa PLIEVOST, intended to effect A land - ink in Bay, Robert ; while the 'Admiral proceeded with that under Major-General MArrr4ANn round Maran, and entered the bay of St. Luce. The Commanders in Chief immediately issued a Proclamation, addressed to the native and Other in habitants, apprising them that his Majesty, yielding to imperious circumstances;wished to restore to them the former Government of France :—that his Ma jesty being deceived in the hope that the Government he had formerly established among them would have . been sanCtioned by their new masters, rather than .that they would have forgotten the respeci, due to the Proprietors, laments the Onfnrtunate position which the events of war may occasion them, in again reducing their Colony. The termination of their misfortunes was now, however, arrived—famine would disappear.-the sources of their prosperity would be restored—their ancient LaWs to esta blished--and thai Government which had fortneily. prote6led their persons and properties under the Bri tish. Flag, be again established. It was With these intentions, they stated, that his Britannic Majesty had entrusted to them she command of a formidable force by sea'and land to rettl;.: :c.tainique, and to regenerate in that aufferiog Colony plenty and tran quility---the inseparable companiniut of a just Go vernment. With these gracious intentions, they in vited them, it tile name of humanity, to submit im . - mediately to the forces of froi.Majesty, who would net fail to piartish the temerity of a fruitless resistance. They therefore ordered all Cominisiiries, Ci v il, an d Military, to quit their .respe6tive• duties, and all: the inhabitants of whatever . elass'andcondition peaceably to return to their respective horneS and maintain order, declaring that all persons taken in arms would be treated as prisoners of war; that all free coloured persons so taken would be transported, f rom • the Island, and all slaves under similar circtimstaiices , be tried by a Pencil Court-Martial. To. the Ministers Of the Gospel they gave assurances that their Religieh would be proteded, and the estates and rights of Weir Church be respck-ted. At noon on the 3uth, the first division of the fleet entered‘Robert (a must 'spacious harbour. on the N. E. coat of the bland, but difficult of access) and Commodore Beaver, (of the - ricasta), with three armed l aunc h es ,' having approached and reconnoitred the dioro, and:all the preparations ter landing the ti (tops being instantly in readiness, at, three- o'clock in the afternoon Sir G. Prevost and Brigadier-general floughten, with the first brigade of this part of the army, consisting of the 7th regiment, under Lieu. tenant-colonel Pakenhain, V3d under Lieutenant• eolonel'Ellis, and five companies of the Ist 'West, India regiment, wider. Lieutenant colonel landed in a most orderly and'regular manner, with out any opposition, the inhabitants of the village and neighbourhood even meeting them On the beach with welcomes to the country. At about half-past five, Lieut.-Gen. - Beckwith, (Commander, in Chief), with Brig.-General Col. stifle, and the 'second brigade, consisting of the Bth regiment under Major Maxwell, the lath tinder Lieut.-Col, Keane, and four companies of the Ist West India itegintent, under Major Clifton, also landed; at which time Sir G. Prevost with the- first . brigade had marched forward, - and was ,far advanced. in the country; and the ; reserve, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Blackwell, consisting of the 4 3d batta lion Guth regiment, under Major 'Mackey, and the flank companies of the . 4 .:,5111 regiment, and 4th bat.:. olion of the, cite 4th West India having beau also landed the Commander in Chief proceeded with his brigade as far as Papin, about seven miles from Robert, Sir Prevost being that night :still, further advanced .1 On the following morning, (the 31st), Capt. Dick, of his Majesty's ship Penelope, with one Lieute nant, three Midshipmen, and 45 sailors, and three Mai moo Officers and 5; - .) marines, left Robert for the attack of Trinity, which surrendered upon their ap proach ; and thus far the whole of, this part of the Expedition proceeded with uninterrupted success— The landing of the second division of the Army, commanded by Major-General Mai tland j : coridttOed immediately by Sir Alexander Cochrane, was also ef teeted on the, 30th, the Admiral leading the .fleet into the Bay of St. Luce; which being defended bY two batterieslhat threatened to annoy the troops, he instantly dispatched 60 marines to .drive the enemy, , trOni them, and they accomplished theii pnrposi in the most effectual manner, having, after spiking the guns and throwing them down the hill, broken up the carriages and platform, and returned with the loss of only one man, supposed to be,drowned. I.'i►t: landing of the troops immediately proceeded; Major-General Maitland, with Lieut.-Col. Barnes, and his first brigade, consisting of the 6ad regiment, c under Lieut.-Colonel Fairtlough, and York Rangers, under Major Henderson, being. debarked at a.little after eight in the morning, and before ten, followed by the second brigade, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Riall, consisting of the flank companies of the 15th and 46th regiments, under Major Payne, the 15th And regiment, under Major Davidson,' York L. I. 'Volunteers, under Lieut.-Colonel Streicher, and ath W. I. Regiment, under Lieut.-Col. Prevost; the re serve, commanded by Lieu*Col. - MiNair, consist .ing of the goal regiment, under Major Wright, and 3d West India, under Major Allen, soon after fol- lowing. While these brigades were landing, the, Enemy . set tire to the Carnation Sloop of War (lately captur ed from us) lying in Maran Bay, ,and totally destroy-. ed'her; the troops meantime commenced their march, arid ,with great 'gallantry reached the heights leading to Point Borgnesse and Cape Solomon, and the Fort situated on the latter was taken possession of by Major Henderson, and the guns of it being render ed useless, he proceeded with his Corps, and took up a position direEtly in the rear of Pigeon Island ; in his progress to which (seine accounts 'state) he made 200 of the Militia prisoners. .A 13 inch mortar being got tip the height, and brought to bear on the enemy, it was opened with much apparent effect on the morning of the 31st, Major Henderson, with a party of sharp-shoorers be ing at the same time advantageously posted within 300 yards of the enemy's works, •and considerably annoying them with musquetry and Shrapnel shells. The tire of. thtl enemy was.vtgorously returned on this post, and they often threw four.or five shells to each one of ours, btu not with much effect, although, unfortunately two seamen of the Pompee employed in the battery were killed by the bursting of one of them and by t! .at of another, Sir A. Cochrane on a visit to them, had nearly shnrect the same fate. While these operations were carrying on in this quarter, the Enemy,- who had tiponoar fir!.t.ipproach. burnt the Curiration, now also destroyed theFavourite Sloop of War lying at St. Pierre, which. Captain Napier, of the RecrUit , had orders icent out; and the Admiral with the principal part of his Squadron hay• ing, afterleaving several Vessels, in advantageous si tuations for keeping up a connuntkation with t h e army, and supplying thetu/with stores and provisions, taken up anchorage at Petit Ance d'Arlet, and being. I' • inforMed that the Enemy's Frigate Ampki!rite w as ordered from the Garenage round to Pigeon Island, with a view of dislodging our party from the mortar battery, he sent in two frigates and a brig to inter cent her, and during the night they worked up into the bay, and brought tip' beyond Pigeon Island ; which the enemy discovering, they set fire to their frigate, and shd was speedily consumed—giving, by thus prematurely destroying their vessels, the strong. est demonstration of,the apprehension and dismay into which 'they have been thrown. The one mortar battery that had opened on Pigeon Island on the 31st, 'and , with the co-operation . of Major Henderson's brigade had been constantly an— noying the enemy had the happy' effed also of di verting their attention' froM the proceedings of our . Engineers, who in the mean time had been indefati gably employed in constructing a battery of five arme tars and three. howitzers on a more cornnianding . eminence ; ,in effeaing which our seamen displayed a perseverance, andbnderwent a fatigue and labour almost Peculiar to themselves, this height being hi therto. considered as inaccessible... Sir C. — Shipley, was superietending and direEting ibis battery in per son,'the works of which were entirely catered by a . thick wood fronting the harbour, and completely screening it froth the view of the enemy at Pigeon Island; it was in great progress on the 3d inst. lind so far completed, that a party of seamen had gone on to the heights ,for the purpose of felling the wood during the night, and the wholeline .o f b a t ter y was intended to be opened on the following morning.-- So advantageous was this position for, dislodging the Enemy, that it was confidently expeded they would, within 24 hour; after the battery was opered, be compelled to surrender Pigeon Island, a post seemed designed by nature for defending the grand harbour of the Island, which would consequently be then completely open to our Fleet. During the operations carrying on here, and the progress for a more etTedual attack. on-the Enemy's strong position of Pigeon Island, Major-Gem Mait land with the main body of his division of the Army had advanced aslar as.Lawentin ; while Gem Beck , . withand Sir G. Prevost had proceeded towards Bru no and Sourrier, both brigades of this, division bar . hag frequent sliirinishes with the enemy in their march. On the ad ink. they came to a more genera! battle - vi;ith the enemy in the neighbourhood of Sourrier, an important height that in some measure commands the redoubt or advanced works of Fort Bourbon. The particulars of this afiir had not been further ascertained, when the last advices left the neighbourhood of Fort Royal Bay, thin that our troops had made themselves masters of this position, having defeated the enemy with the loss of nearly Silo men, and of a few on our 'part, including se veral officers, among whom are particularly regret ted, Lieutenent-colonel Taylor, (Depoty-adj • .general) killed ; and Lieutenant-colonel Pakenhaiii and Major Maxwel, wounded. The latest accounts are of the 3d inst. and are up to the evening of that day (Friday last) at which period, and at the very moment of the 'departure of the vessel arrived from the scene of atlion, the post.. script to one letter adds, that " Pigeon Island bad surrendered." • 4 •, EFROtt TRH BARBADOES MBRCURY OF FE0...11.1':. ATTACK ON MARTINMUE. Ji y, 'k ,The progress of our arms on this bold enarprize continues with unparalleled success 1 .--.=The‘mortalel, batteries mentioned in' our last 'detail of the Opera-y!, tion to be in forWardness, construtting,overagainst Pigeon Island, were completed on e the evening of the 3d, Consisting of two 13-inch and three 5* inch mortars, and on 5i ,inch and four 8-inch howitzers, . ereiSted on three points, having a range of about 190 yards of the Enemy's positions and , direeted by Cap tains Beausire and .Dubordien, and Lieut. Turner, • opened their fire at eight o'clock that night, in CO . junetion with the 13-inch mortar first brought LIP direeled by Captain Gravenbrock, trom a lower posi tion: 'The precision With which these so . eral bat teries played on the enemy had the mo , t ast !fishing effeel, scarcely a shell, after the first three, or itor , erring in its mark, upwards of 'tvVo• hundred b"i"l . -: : thrown in the space, of a few hours; :,tod them falling on the splititer•proof of the S works, exploded with such a dreadful crash as tore every thing up around, killed . and WonttOod 641-e " 4 men, and generally threw the enemy into dismay his fire, which had hitherto - been brisk but ill dlt . reefed (not a man being.hurt m true batteries),'nor slackened, and in a few minutes entirely ceased. —At five o'clock in the morning of the 41i1 he threv out the white flag, and without further resistants surrendered at discretion, having .nearly • 00.4netr.: killed and wounded firing the. bombardrnent, Upon our taking possession of this important pos!; five OtficerS and 130 Inivaies were surrenderedWir..! soners of war, and sent on board the Pompee. The zeal and assistance 'of the seamen during this lir tiguing service is highly spoken' of; the battery 0 0 ". der Capt. Dabordieu was entirely served by a party from on board the 11 epttine. Sir Charles shipleY and General Steltelin superintended and dire' tae , !:t.b! whole. The operations of the main body of the army L 1 der General Beckwith and Sir Geo. Prevost has 00 been attended with signal success, although uni°i . ` nately it had suffered much in its attack on the ene— my's po : sition•at Mount Soorrier. No corral have jet been received from but as far as lja s . , transpired, is satisfaCtory as to its progress, alt" 1 1"• mingled with regret for the brave men Who love • . fallen. It appears that the en e my well conte ste these heights with our army ; but although he ‘ Va s entrenched, and had light artillery with hint, our . troops drove him from his POS iti o p, and eine d possession of them, which g i ves us a cornmandinc, F situation for cArrying o n a regu l ar s i e ge against orc4 Bourbon. . . According to loose accounts, 'which are an th at . have yet been received from, the CoMmandLti i ll Chief's division, with wh om Sir Qeo. Prevost is aa ' log, our troops gained Sourrier after severa l .houfs hard fighting, in which they were repeatedly cha r g ed, and as repeatedly received the enemy on. the point of the bayonet. A detachment of the West India Corps, it is said, was engaged in the front of the bat tle, and behaved uncommonly well,.having twic° stood the charge of the enemy's grenadiers, and 41- though broken by them, rallied, and complete l y routed them. This division of the army is cow posed, in the whole or in part, of the 7th, Bth, 1 311 " 23 d , 25th, and 3d and 4th battalions 60th itcZi v merits, and Ist and 4th West India, with a tight battalion, picked from the 63d Regiment, the Wel t India Rangers, and Ist, 3d, and . 4th West India RC"